Traverse mechanism for winding-machines.



C. RYDEN.

TRAVERSE MECHANISM FOR WINDING MACHINES. APPLICATION HLED MAY1l.19I6.

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0. RYDEN. TRAVERSE MECHANISM FOR WINDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY II, I9I6.

Patented Nov. 2?, I917.

- rmnwgm? YZSHEETS-SHEET 2 entrain erm ne PATENT onnroa CLAES RYDEN, OF CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNIVERSAL WINDING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

TRAVERSE MECHANISM FOR WINDING-MACHINES.

Application filed May 11, 1916. Serial No. earns.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAEs RYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gran s ton, in the county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traverse Mechanisms for lVindin'g-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to winding machines and consists of an improved, adjustable traversemechanism therefor. The object of my improvement is to provide a traversemechanism capable of minutely accurate adjustment for diiferent lengths of traverse or throw of the winding-guide, and'particularly designed to insure a constant speed of movement of the guide throughout the full extent of its traverse to effect a precise and uniform disposition of the separate convolutions or turns of the winding laid in place by the guide. My improved device is intended for use particularly in machines employed for winding wire or other conducting-material in manufacturing coils for electrical purposes in which a regular and uniform relation of the windings is of utmost importance. l

The manner and means for carrying out my improvement are fully described in the following specification, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate like parts. In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a winding.

machine showing my improved traversemechanism applied thereto;

Fig. 2, an enlarged, side elevation of the adjusting-means for regulating the traverse of the winding-guide;

Fig. 3, an enlarged, rear elevation of the same;

Figs. 4 and 5, plan views of Figs. 2 and 3, respectively; and

Figs. 6 and 7, enlarged, detail views of the adjustable device for connecting the traversing-meanswith the winding-guide.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the winding machine here illustrated is of a usual type comprising the main frame A in which is rotatably mounted the horizontal windingspindle or coil-mandrel B. Mounted on a secondary shaft 0 supported in bearings be- Specification of Letters Eatent.

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low the spindle B, but not here shown in detail, are two traverse-cams C and C which may be driven through any suitable connections as usually arranged. trated the spindle B carries a pulley D at its rearward end connected by a belt (5 to a second pulley D which, in turn, is connected to the cam-shaft c by gearing E, E 111 the casing F. The cam C is secured fast on the shaft 0 to be driven directly thei'efrom; while the cam C is rotatable on the cam-shaft to adapt it to be turned independentlythereof. The cam C is driven at a relatively slower rate of speed than the cam 0, being geared to the spindle B through a worm-wheel G carried on its hub guides are employed to lay the coils of winding 1n place on the spindle or mandrel B. One guide traversed from the cam G acts to deposit the turns or convolutions of wire on the core or mandrel B ,while one or more other guides operated from the cam C deposit insulating-material, such as thread or yarn, between the layers of wire windings. This system of producing electrical coils is explained in United States Letters Patent No. 1,080,880, granted to Max I'IQlIH DGC. 9, 1913, in which the winding apparatus is also described and will not, therefore, be herein set forth. My present invention concerns more particularly the traverse-mechanism for the wire-guide and, as a matter of fact, is not closely related to the arrange- .ment of the guide for the insulating-aria ,particularly to coil-winding apparatus in which the prime essential is that the turns As here illusarm K. The sleeve is is free to turn on the lower rod 2', being pivotally mounted in a 1 cylindrical hearing it at the lower end of the arm K and also connected to a bifurcated arm K at the top of which is the wire-guide L. The guide L consists of a bifurcated member on which is journaled a grooved guide-wheel l, while an upwardly extending arm Z carries a rotatably-mounted, auxiliary guiding-wheel P. The wire 10 or other material to be wound on the spindle B leads down from its source of supply (generally arranged above the machine, but not here shown), passes under the grooved wheel Z and thence around the main guide-wheel Z to the coil \V. The guide-wheel Z is adapted to bear against the surface of the coil W throughout the winding and as the layers build up and increase in diameter the guide L moves away from the axis of the spindle B through the. swinging movement of the hinged arm K. The above described ar-- rangement of the traverse-guide L is com- ,mon to coil-winding machines of the type here'shown but is not essential to the present invention, as any other constructionv suitable for the purpose might be used in its stead.

Extending from the bracket H is an arm H which reaches around in front of the traverse-cam C and is formed with a hub it,

see Figs. 4 and 5. An arm or lever M is provided with an integral pin or stud m which is journaled in the hub h and serves as a pivot to adapt the lever M to rock about its axis. Fig. 2 illustrates the lever M in side View showing its lower portion as. of substantially U-shape with a vertical extension reaching up in the arm m. Depending from the U-shaped bend of the lever M is a bifurcated extension or arm m formed with a vertical slot m The upper arm m of the lever M is also provided with a vertical slot m extending substantially its full length, see Fig. 3. The lower arm m of the lever M is connected with the cam Cto impart an oscillatory inotion to the arm m,

or support'n The block a is fitted to a slot 72 inthe front of the arm H and secured thereto by a screw 72, reaching in from the rear. Driven through a hole 0 in the slide -O is a stud 0 on the inner end of which is pivotally mounted a block 0 held in place by upsetting the end of the stud 0 The stud 0 is formed with a flange'o abutting the front-face of the slide 0 and projecting through a horizontal slot a in the front of the track-N, 'see Fig. 2. Rotatablymounted on the forward end of the stud 0 is a roll 0 adapted .to engage a helical groove of in theperiphery of the cam C. The cam G acts through the roll 0 to reciprocate the slide 0 back and forth in its track or guideway LT and the block 0 on the inner end of the stud 0 engages the slot m in the lower end of the lever M to rock the latter on its pivot m. Through this means the cam-roll 0 is-caused to travel with a straight-line movement in a horizontal plane intersecting the axis of the cam C. In this manner the path of the cam-roll is maintained constant with respect to a fixed diametrical plane of the cam to prevent variations in the angular velocity of the traverse-lever M as more fully explained hereinafter.

At the outer end of the arm H is a vertical extension or upright H which, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is formed as a part of the arm itself although it might be constructed as a separate piece andattached thereto inany suitable manner. The extension or upright H is formed with a relatively broad slot 7L extending the full length of its rear face, see Fig. 3, while a narrower slot [b4 is cut through its front portion. Adapted to slide up and down in the slot a on the back of the upright H is a block '29 carrying a horizontal .track or guideway P on its rearward side, see Figs. 2, 3 and 5. Referring particularly to Fig. 2, a stud p reaches through the slot h in the'front of the upright H and is screwed into the block ,2). Between the head of the stud p and the front of the upright H is a washer p which bears against a boss h to hold the block 29 in place in the slot it while allowing it to slide up and down on the upright. A bolt 29 also reaching through the slot 71, and screwed into the block p, isadapted to be set up against its washer p to bind the latter against the boss h and thereby clamp the block 3) in place in any position to which it is adjusted vertically on the upright H Referring now to Fig. 1, the adjustable guideway P on the block p is of cylindrical construction bored longitudinally at p to form a quill-like bearing extending horizontally across the front of the traverse-lever M. Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, thequill P is milled off or flattened along its rear side to adapt the lever to ride across its face 1? and to also provlde a slot 10 opening into nae-area the longitudinal bore 17 Adapted to slide in the bore 71 is a traverse-rod R which means of a stud 8 extending through a hole r in the block to allow the latter to rock slightly with respect to the rod.

The outer end of the traverse-rod R is joined to the guide-arm K by an adjustable coupling-device shown in detail in tl1e enlarged views, Figs. 6 and 7. Referring also to Fig. 1, a sleeve-like member T, fitted on" to the'rod R and secured thereto, is formed at its end with an enlarged head 25 provided with a notched quadrant t. A headed stud U formed with an enlarged body-portion u fitted to slide in a vertical slot 76 in the arm K has a smaller extension u, arranged eccentric to its main body, reaching through the member T. The stud U is held in place by a finger-nut u secured to its end by a pin a see Fig. 6, and carries a sheet-metal washer V abutting the front face of the member T. The washer V is fast with the nut u and is provided with" a spring detent-finger o bent into a point 1: at its end to adapt it to engage the notches t in the quadrant 25. By turning the finger-nut u the eccentric portion u of the stud U is displaced with respect to the main axis of V the stud to shift the arm K longitudinally of the rod R to vary the operative length of the latter. In this manner the traverse-guide L may be adjusted in relation to the trav- ,erse-arm M to regulate its position of traverse along the winding-spindle B. The engagement of the detent-finger 'v with the notches t of the quadrant t acts to restrain the stud U from unwarranted movement to maintaitn the parts intheir adjusted relation.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2- and 3, a vertical rod X is rotatively mounted in'a hearing it at the end of the arm H and held in place byv a collar 00 at the upper end of the bearing and a finger-nut Y at its lower end. The. rod X is threaded throughout the greater portion of its length and extends through an internally-threaded bearing p on the slidable block 10. By turning the rod.

X the block 10 may be moved up and down on the upright H and through this means the quill or guideway P is adjusted with respect to the axis of the traverse-lever M to vary the operative length of the stroke of the lever in reciprocating the traverse-rod -R. Usually the upright H is marked with a series of graduations It providing a scale adapted to register with a pointer 10 on the washer P carried by the stud p. The scale it serves to indicate the length of stroke or traverse imparted to the guide L by the arm M acting through the traverse-rod R. The method of operation of the complete mechanism is as follows V In adjusting the machine for winding any prescribed length of coilthe bolt 79 on the block p is first released to allow the guideway P to slide on the upright H The fingernut Y at the bottom of the rod X is then turned to raise or lower the guideway P, as the case may be, to set the pointer p at any desired graduation on the scale it in accordance with the length of traverse re quired. P or instance, ifa coil two inches in length is desired, the pointer is set at :2 on the scale as shown in Pig. 1, while other fractional dimensions are provided for by the intermediate graduations on' the scale. After the track or guideway P has been set as above described .to give the required traverse, the lockingbolt p is set up against its washer p to bind the latter against the boss 55* on the arm H and thereby clamp the parts in their adjusted relation. Now, when the machine is started the cam G acts through the roll 0 engaging its groove 0 to recipro' cate the slide 0 in its guideway N. As the slide 0 moves back and forth the block 0 on the stud 0 rocks the lever M through its engagement with the slot m at its lower end, with the block 0 free to slide to a slight extent u and down in the slot.

As beiore explained, the slot m in the up per arm m of the lever M is engaged by the block S fastened to the connectingrod R. Henceas the arm m oscillates back and forth at the rear of the guideway P the traverse-rod R will be caused to reciprocate to transmit a corresponding motion to the vertical arm K connected to its outer end. The arm K slides with its sleeves 7c, is on the rods i, i andthe traverse-guide-arm K connected to the lower sleeve is reciprocated therewith to traverse the guide-wheels Z, Z longitudinally of the winding-spindle B.

The. wire to or other. material leading through the grooves in the guide-wheels Z, l" isthereby carried back and forth between the defined limits of the traverse of the guide and as the spindle 'B'rotates the turns of the winding are laid in close spirals which build up layer on layer to form the coil W. In the machine illustrated in the drawings provision is made for traversing .a second 3 relation to each other.

its oscillating-means is much simpler than the arrangement above described constituting the present improvement. Usually the.

connecting-rod for the yarn-guide is simply pivoted at its end to the rocker-arm oscillated from the cam C while being adjust able thereal'ong to regulate its extent of traverse. I With such a connection the guide will have a faster speed at the ends of its traverse than at the center, due to the arcuate path of movement of its point of connection on the traverse-arm, but as before stated the variation in the speed of the yarn-guide is not important.

As regards the wire-guide, however, it is essential that its speed of movement be absolutely constant and unvarying throughout the full extent of'its traverse, or otherwise the turns of coils of wire will be spaced farther apart at some points than at others. In winding electrical coils it is essential, to insure the maximum etliciency of the coil, that all the turns of the wire be laid in close juxtaposition and with a uniform spacing in My present improvement is designed to obtain this result with the use of an oscillating-lever for reciprocating the traverse-guide. By arranging the element 0 which rocks the lever M to travel in a straight line in the horizontal plane of the axis of the cam C, and by providing for guiding the point of connection of the guide with the lever M to also travel with astraight-line movement I accomplish this desired result. That is to say, the end of the traverse-rod R isconnected to the lever M and guided by the track P to be reciproeated with a right-line movement, instead of moving in an arcuate path.with respect to the axis of the lever. The block 0 also has its movement directed in a straight line instead of areuately with respect to the axis of oscillation of the arm M and therefore the move ment of these two elements is equalized to effect a constant speed of movement'as transmitted to the wire-guide L. In this way the speed of traverse of the guide is maintained constant from one end of its throw 'to the other and hence it will operate'to lay the coils of winding in place with a uniform spacing or relation.

In addition to the above feature my invention provides for a minutely accurate setting of the traverse-mechanism, similar to a vernier adjustment, 'for different lengths of justment of the connection between the outer end of the rod R 'and the arm K allows for setting the guide L laterally in relation to its traversing-means and longitudinally with respect to the winding-spindle, so that the traverse of the wire-guide may be regulated in respect to the traverse of the other guide for the yarn or insulation, whereby the two traverses will register properly required;

Various modifications might be made in the form and construction of the parts of my improved device without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention; therefore, without limiting myself to the exact embodiment shown and described, what I claim is 1. In a traverse-mechanism for winding or like machines, the combination with.a reciprocable traverse-guide, of an oscillating lever for reciprocating the guide, a traverse-rod connected at one end to said lever to adapt it to be adjusted longitudinally thereof, means to guide said rod with a straight-line movement during its reciprocation bythe lever, and adjustable means for connecting the traverse-rod with the traverse-guide to allow for its adjustment along the lever to vary the operative effect of the latter. 2. In a traverse-mechanism for or like machines, the combination with a reciprocable traverse-guide, of an oscillating lever for reciprocating the guide, means connecting the lever with the guide, guidingmeans to cause said connecting-means to operate with a right-line movement with re spect to the median plane of oscillation of the lever, means to adjust said guidingmeans toward and away from the axis of the lever, and'means for coupling the con-v meeting-means with the traverse-guide to allow said connection to lee-adjusted with its guiding-means without varying the path of movement of the traverse-guide.

3. In a traverse-mechanism for winding or like machines, the combination with a traverse-guide adapted to reciprocate in a fixed path, of an oscillating lever for reciprocating said guide, a traverse-rod connected at one end with said lever to adapt it to be adjusted longitudinally thereof and also conneeted at its opposite end with the traverseguide to allow for its adjustment in relation thereto without changing the position of the guide, guiding-means for directing the movement of the rod to cause it to be reciproeated in a plane at right-angles to the.

winding the median plane of oscillation of the lever,

nae-area I tion with a reciprocable traverse-guide, of

an oscillating lever for reciprocating the,

guide, a rod adapted to be reciprocated from Saidlever, means connecting the rod to the lever to adapt it to be adjusted therealong, means connecting the rod to the guide to adapt it to be adjusted in relation thereto Without altering the position of the guide, guiding-means for the rod for directing it to reciprocate in a'path at right-angles to and manually-operable means for altering the position of said guiding-means to vary the extent of reciprocation of the rod.

5. In traversemechanism, the combination with a reciprocable traverseguide, of an arm on said guide, a rockable lever for reciprocating the guide, a rod for connecting .the guide to be reciprocated from said lever,

means connectin the rod with the lever to adapt it to be adjusted longitudinally thereof, means connecting the rod with the arm on the guide to adapt it to be shifted therealong during its adjustment on the lever, a guideway for the rod arranged to direct the latter to travel in a fixed path at rightangles to the/median plane of oscillation of the lever, and means to adjust said guideway in relation to the axis of the lever to vary the length of stroke of the rod and the extent of traverse of the guide.

6. In a traverse-mechanism, the comb1nation with a rotatable cam, of a slide connected to be reciprocated from the cam in a plane coincident with the axis thereof, a lever connected with the slide to be oscillated therefrom, a rod connected with the lever to be reciprocated thereby, a traverse-guide reciprocated from said rod, guiding-means for directing the rod in a path parallel with the path of movement of the cam-operatedslide, means to adjust said guiding-means to vary the point of connection of the rod with the lever, and means for connecting the rod with the traverse-guide to allow for its adjustment on the lever without altering the path of traverse of the guide.

7. In a traverse-mechanism, the combination with the reciprocable traverse-guide, of a slotted arm connected with said guide, a slotted rocker-arm, means for oscillating the rockerarm, a traverserod connected to slide in the slots of the rocker-arm and the traverseguide arm, a guiding track in which the traverse-rod is adapted to reciprocate with. a straight-line movement,.and means to adjust said guiding track to vary the point of connection of the traverse-rod on the rocker-arm to regulate the extent of traverse of the guide.

8. In a traverse-mechanism, the combination with a pivoted lever, of means to oscillate said lever, a track adjacent said lever extending at right-angles to its median be reciprocated from said traverse-rod, an

arm on the traverse-guide, means connecting said rod to adapt it to be shifted along the arm, means connecting the rod to adapt it to be adjusted along the lever, and means for adjusting the track to vary the point of connection of the rod on the lever to regulate the extent of traverse of the guide.

9. In a traverse-mechanism, the combination with a traverseguide, of a fixed track on which said guide is adapted to slide, an arm connected with the guide and extending at right-angles to the track, an oscillating lever, a traverse-rod extending between the lever and the arm on the traverse-guide, means for connecting said rod to-allow it to be adjusted longitudinally of the lever, means connecting the opposite end of the rod to the arm on the traverse-guide toallow for its adjustment therealong, and an adjustable track for the rod adapted to direct its movement in a line at right-angles to the median plane of oscillation of the lever.

10. In a Winding machine, the combination with the winding-spindle, of two tracks arranged parallel therewith, an arm slidable along said tracks, a thread-guide connected to be reciprocated from said arm, a rockable lever, a traverse-rod extending between the lever and the arm, means to connect said traverse-rod with the lever and arm to allow it to be adjusted therealong, and a track for guiding the traverse-rod to cause it to he reciprocated with a straight-line movement at right-angles to the median plane oi oscilerse-rod to the lever to allow it to be adj usted longitudinally thereof, a track engaging the rod to adapt it to be reciprocated in a. path at right-angles to the median plane of oscillation of the lever, and means for adjusting said track for varying the point of connection of the traverse-rod on the lever.

12. In a winding machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of a windingspindle rotatable in hearings in the frame, a bracket attached to said frame, a rockable lever pivoted on said bracket, rods extending from said bracket parallel with the axis of the winding-spindle, an arm extending be tween said rods and slidable therealong, a

thread-guideconnected to said arm to bereciprocated therefrom, a traversehar connected to the arm and lever to allow it to be adjusted therealong, a track for directing the path of movementof the traverse-bar,

and means to support said track on the bracket to adapt it to be adjusted toward and away from the axis of the lever.

13. In a Winding machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of a windingspindle rotatable in bearings therein, a

- winding-spindle, an arm slidable along said rods, a thread-guide connected to said arm to be reciprocated therefrom, a traverse-rod connecting said arm with the lever, a track for guiding the traverse-rod to direct it in a path at right-angles to the median plane of oscillation of the lever, and a screw rotatable in bearings on the bracket and engaging the track to adjust the latter in relation to the pivot of the lever to vary the operative effect of the latter on the thread-guide.

14. In a traverse-mechanism, the combination with a pivoted lever, of means to oscillate said lever, an arm arranged adjacent said lever, a track slidable on said arm to adjust its position in relation to the pivot of the lever, a graduated scale on the arm, means on the track adapted to register with the graduations on the arm to indicate the extent of adjustment therebetween, a screw connected with the track to adjust it on the arm, and a member slidable' in the track and connected to the lever to be reciprocated therefrom with different extents of throw in accordance with the adjustment of the track. .15. In a traverse-mechanism, the combination with an oscillating traverse-lever, of a rod connected to be reciprocated from said lever, a traverse-arm carrying a Windingguide, and an eccentric stud connecting the rod with the traverse-arm and adapted to be manually adjusted to regulate the operative length of the rod to vary the position of the guide in relation to its traversingmeans.

16. Ina winding machine, the combination with a reciprocable traverse-rod, of a Winding-guide adapted to be traversed from .said rod, and adjustable-means for connecting the guide with the rod comprising an eccentric stud mounted to turn in a bearing on the rod to regulate the position of the guide longitudinally of the rod.

l7.In a Winding machine, the combination with a Winding-guide having a slotted arm, of .a member for reciprocating the guide, and an eccentric stud pivoted in. a bearing in said member and engaging the slot in the guide-arm to adapt it to be turned to adjust the operative relation of the guide with respectto the reciprocating-member.

18. In a winding machine, the combination with a winding-guide having an arm formed with a slot, of a traverse-rod for re ciprocating the guide, a member on the end of said rod formed With a notched quadrant, a rotatable stud mounted in a bearing in said member and formed with an eccentric portion engaging the slot in the guide-arm, and a detent-finger rotatable with the stud and adapted to engage the notches in the quadrant to maintain the parts in their adjusted relation.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CLAES RYDEN. 

